The surface fleet has shot down scores of attack drones and missiles since October, activity without modern precedent in U.S. Navy history. The secretary of the Navy announced the sea service will name a new destroyer after a WWII hero aptly referred to as the 'Human Tugboat.' Another day, another drone intercept in the Red Sea. Although Jack Lowe was in pain, he remained standing during the ceremony, even raising his right hand from his walker to recite his oath. The Navy Working Uniform Type III is now authorized as an alternative uniform for sailors at the Pentagon – except for Fridays. “I think you could really feel the empowerment that we all felt, from the brief, to the pre-flight, to the mission execution, even to landing." The destroyer's modernization period includes installation of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile system. The Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer (DDG 120) was commissioned in June. The Pentagon is sending the Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, and F-35 fighter jets after Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strait early this month. The aircraft ultimately suffered a power loss, and the investigation described the mishap as “wholly unavoidable.” Load More